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- RIGHT OF THE DOT and Verisign Enter into Marketing and Referral Arrangement for new gTLD Applications Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:55PMDomain industry prepares for historic ICANN expansion (PRWeb July 19, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8652675.htm
- Marblehead board plans hearing on possible eminent domain takings Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:28PMMARBLEHEAD - Selectmen have scheduled a hearing on the eminent domain takings of a home and three other parcels on Stony Brook Road - but according to Town Counsel Lisa Mead that process may not be necessary.
- names and faces Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:58AMPauline Bennett, managing broker of Coldwell Banker’s Residential Real Estate office in Sarasota, was one of only 18 people from across the U.S. and Canada invited to participate in Coldwell Banker’s annual Regional Advisory Committee meeting in June in Parsippany, NJ.
- Names and Faces in Manatee-Sarasota businesses Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:58AMPauline Bennett, managing broker of Coldwell Banker’s Residential Real Estate office in Sarasota, was one of only 18 people from across the U.S. and Canada invited to participate in Coldwell Banker’s annual Regional Advisory Committee meeting in June in Parsippany, NJ.
- Qatar-specific Internet domain names to be available soon Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:06AMTrademark owners and Qatar’s government entities will soon be able to take advantage of the new Qatar-specific Internet domain names being made available by the Qatar Domains Registry (QDR).
- Africa: The Battle for DotAfrica - Who Will Get the Crown Jewels? Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 1:03AMEarly in June in Singapore, the International Centre for Assigned Names and Numbers ( ICANN) board of directors announced that they will allow more gTLD (generic Top Level Domains).
- Blog - Will New Top Level Domains End the Rent-Seeking of Domain Name Speculators? Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 2:35AMThe days of scarce domain names -- and the gatekeepers who hoard them -- may soon be over
- Intellectual property, copyright, and the cloud: More details on the law for web masters and developers Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 6:23PMIn part two of his interview with David Weslow, Ryan Boudreaux asks more questions about how the cloud could affect intellectual property and copyright issues.
- New domains worry music industry Thursday, July 7, 2011 @ 8:10AMThey fear the ".music" domain could help online pirates make their websites look legitimate.
- Law targets spam text messaging Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 2:35AMYork, PA - A bill sponsored by a local representative could make it illegal for marketers to send unwanted, unsolicited text messages to cell phone users.
- Ambush interview by Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Valte on July 5, 2011 Tuesday, July 5, 2011 @ 4:10PMOn Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ statement on the new Monetary Board Members, the statement on the reopening of the Fertilizer Fund scam, the investigation in the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office, the President’s SALN, and other topics Press Working Room, 1/F New Executive Building, Malacañang, Manila July 5, 2011 Continue reading →
- Key internet address server sees spike in traffic Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 11:15PMK-root down, but not (yet) out Traffic hitting a key internet address look-up server in Europe has spiked over the past 24 hours, reaching loads that are four times higher than normal.…
- Nokia upgrades older Symbian phones Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 9:24PMIn an apparent push to keep customers from defecting to other platforms until its Windows Phones ship, Nokia is planning to upgrade some of its older Symbian-based smartphones .
- Samsung, Medtronic, Sturgis, Google, SF Giants: Intellectual Property Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 9:44AMAU Optronics Corp. (2409) , Taiwan’s second- largest maker of liquid-crystal display panels, sued Samsung Electronics Co. and AT&T Inc. (T) , claiming they infringed some of its liquid-crystal display patents.
- NFL Player Turns to Teaching During Lockout Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 7:10PM*One of the most important jobs is teaching our nation’s children. Some people have been called to be a teacher, but some try it as a means to an end. But, they find that it is a rewarding position with many fringe benefits that they never imagined. As the NFL tries to workout its financial [...]
- Man Forced to Pay Child Support, But He’s NOT the Father Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 6:57PM*The child support case coming out of Houston, Tx. is nothing new within the child support issue. There are plenty of judges who have ruled that the father, because he’s the only father the child has known, must continue to support the child even after it’s determined that the child does not belong to him. (more…)
- TSA Makes 95-Year Old Remove Diaper (Video) Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 6:57PM*How do we know when the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is going too far? They’re just looking out for our well-being, right? They have to take every precaution to make sure that the most unqualified candidates for security breaches are the first checked. Well! Too far is when you ask an elderly woman to remove [...]
- The New gTLD Chess Game Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 9:33AMOn June 20th, the ICANN board voted to move ahead with the new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) program, intended to add hundreds, if not thousands of new names to the DNS root. Now what? Not even the most enthusiastic ICANN supporters think that any new TLDs will be added before the end of 2012, but there are other things going on that greatly complicate the outlook.
- ICANN to open up new Internet domain names: who benefits? Thursday, June 23, 2011 @ 1:42AMFor the first time, the Internet is unleveling the playing field for small businesses, startups, and entrepreneurs, with a hefty price tag and associated fees for a new class of domain names.
- FDA Issues Graphic Warning Labels for Cigarette Packs Next Year Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 9:38PMThe people out there who are still smoking cigarettes have to be addicted to the stuff. How else do you explain the fact that half of them are on some kind of assistance and the other half between jobs, yet they still make a way to pay for them? And not only are they enjoyed [...]
- Good Riddance to Cybersquatters Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 9:29PMThe current anti-cybersquatting model of preregistering 25,000 domain name combinations to surround a master brand name identity and avoid possible cybersquatting will slowly fade away. Cybersquatting came about due to the original easy access of no-questions-asked, cheap domain name registrations. New gTLDs are not as open as ".net," ".info," ".biz" or ".me" but are rather closed and more ...
- Jokey Joke: ‘You Must Be Single’ Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 9:23PM*Shopping at the local supermarket a woman selected: A half-gallon of 2% milk, A carton of eggs, A quart of orange juice, A head of lettuce, A 2 lb. Can of coffee and A 1 lb. Package of bacon As she was unloading her items on the conveyor belt to check out, a drunk standing [...]
- Cybercops close to domain conduct deal Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 2:50PMUseless guidelines for harmless registrars Law enforcement agencies and domain name registrars are nearing agreement on ways to start to clean up the domain name industry and mutually help prevent cybercrime.…
- For users, Net’s tweaks no big deal Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 10:03AMThe Internet is on the verge of a massive overhaul, but it’s likely that few people will notice.
- Trade marks Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 1:13AMA registered trade mark gives you the exclusive legal right to use, license or sell your goods or services in Australia.
- Anything.Goes: Internet Body Throws Open Domain Names Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 12:17AMThe Internet body that oversees domain names voted to open up the naming system so that any established organization can create its own version of .com, .org or .gov.
- ICANN To Allow Internet Suffixes Named After Brands, Hobbies, About Anything Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 12:15AMSINGAPORE - A quarter-century after the creation of ".com," the agency that assigns Internet addresses is loosening its rules and allowing suffixes named after brands, hobbies, political causes and just about anything else.
- 10 New Internet Domains Everyone Will Want Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 9:09PMICANN is opening up its list of generic Top Level Domains (gTLD) to all comers. Which ones will be the most sought after?
- Web Host Easyspace Selling .XXX Domains Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 8:43PMThe .XXX domain is designed to move the adult industry into one clearly identifiable part of the web.
- Internet Authority Announces Freedom of Domain Names…for a Price! Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 7:38PM*The Internet is getting ready to get a lot more interesting. A lot of businesses and organizations will be getting more creative with the names they use to mark their spot on the information superhighway. The next time you look for your favorite restaurant or hot spot it may be called, www.gitcheegitcheeyayamana.food or www.shakeitdowntothefloor.dance ...
- No more dot-coms? ICANN to allow new domain names in 2012 Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 6:29PMGet ready webmasters and internet entrepreneurs!
- Internet body throws open domain names Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 2:41PMGood.food, learnto.salsa, glossy.lipstick -- people and companies will be able to set up a website with almost any address by the end of next year if they have a legitimate claim to the domain name and can pay a hefty fee.
- ICANN to allow new domain names Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 11:33AMThe online community has been rattled by a decision ICANN to allow new domain names to be launched.
- Number of Web domain addresses poised to explode Tuesday, June 21, 2011 @ 10:21AMA quarter-century after the creation of ".com," the agency that assigns Internet addresses is loosening its rules and allowing suffixes named after brands, hobbies, political causes and just about anything else.
- Indian corporates get ready for piece of the Internet Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 9:36PMWith the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) opening up domain name registration, as many as 50 Indian companies could be among the first ones to apply for Web sites ending in their own brands names, according to experts.
- Internet body throws open domain names; .anything Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 9:29PMSINGAPORE, June 20 – good.food, learnto.salsa, glossy.lipstick – people and companies will be able to set up a website with almost any address by the end of next year if they have a legitimate claim to the domain name and can pay a hefty fee. The Internet body that oversees domain names voted today to end restricting them to suffixes like .com or ...
- Some See Problems With Internet’s New Domain-Name Expansion Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 9:22PMA new, pricey system will allow companies and groups to apply for their own suffixes beyond the most common address endings, but some critics are calling the development troublesome.
- Internet Regulator Approves Use of ‘.Anything’ Domain Names Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 3:58PMWebsites will no longer need to use suffixes such as ".com" and ".org," according to the group that manages Internet addresses.
- Internet Body Opens Way For New Domain Names Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 3:55PMInternet Body Opens Way For New Domain Names
- Internet Group Agrees to Open Website Addresses to Include ‘.Anything’ Monday, June 20, 2011 @ 3:39PMWebsites will no longer need to use suffixes such as ".com" and ".org," according to the group that manages Internet addresses. Requests for the domains, which can include the names of companies or generic domains like ".shop" or ".music," will be accepted from Jan. 12 to April 12, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers said in a statement on its website . Users will be able to ...
- Web domain name shake-up likely Sunday, June 19, 2011 @ 6:02AMSINGAPORE - THE Internet is poised for potentially one of its biggest shake-ups in years, as an industry body prepares to vote tomorrow on a proposal to open up new domain suffixes for private companies. Under the changes to be decided at a meeting in Singapore, businesses would no longer be restricted to the list of generic top-level domains (gTLDs) that include .com, .net and .org when they ...
- New wave of Internet suffixes under consideration Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 9:11AMTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON — Coming soon to the Internet: website addresses that end in ".bank," ".Vegas" and ".Canon."
- Should ICANN Be Adding More Generic Top-Level Domains? Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 1:02AMWritten by Alan C. Drewsen On June 19, hundreds of attendees from around the world representing a va
- NITC recommendation required for .gov.np domain registration Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 5:22PMNational Information Technology Centre (NITC) centre has directed .np registrar, Mercantile Communications, to register new .gov.np domain names only with its recommendation letter.
- Nintendo Registers Wii U Game Domains, New Hardware Shots Emerge Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 8:53PMNintendo has registered several new domain names that might give us a clue as to which titles it has in development for the Wii U, and new shots of the console itself have appeared online...
- The 25K Grand Slam Radio Campaign Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 12:45AMWould your company like to highlight it’s message and reach hundreds of thousands of die-hard Mets fans in the Tri-state area each week? Enter to win the 25K Grand Slam Radio Campaign.
- General Availability for Short and Numeric-Only .tel Names Begins Tomorrow Monday, June 13, 2011 @ 4:08PMLONDON, June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ Telnic Limited (http://telnic.tel), the Registry Operator for the .tel top level domain (TLD), today announced that the General Availability registration period for short (two-character) and numeric-only …
- Internet domain options may grow Friday, June 10, 2011 @ 10:00AMSmall businesses trying to find new ways to market themselves online may soon use new branding opportunities, if the organization that regulates Internet domain names expands its offering beyond the traditional dot-com suffix.
- Menu of domain names expands Thursday, June 9, 2011 @ 6:46AMSmall businesses trying to find new ways to market themselves online soon may tap new branding opportunities, if the organization that regulates Internet domain names expands its offerings beyond the traditional dot-com suffix.
- Forever 21 Threatens Blogger With Lawsuit Wednesday, June 8, 2011 @ 7:32PMRetail behemoth Forever 21 is taking aim at a sassy young blogger for her satirical blog WTForever21.com.